Boy I love southern cooking! I used to love watching my momma and grandma cook fried chicken, greens and black-eyed peas on New Years Day.....
- black-eyed peas for luck and prosperity.
- add a mess o' greens for wealth.
- Cornbread, which represents gold.
- and the the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion.
I love these superstitions better than some of the other things my granny has told me to do; like putting a white potato on a string and tying it around your neck to draw out the sickness!
Yes, a white potato on a string will take the sickness away! Guess what! It worked, but y’all are here for a #Healthish dish not Grannies Home Remedies!
Eating southern food isn’t always healthy, so I decided to create a healthy version of their fried chicken, black-eye peas, and greens dish.
Instead of frying, I pan-seared the chicken on both sides in an oven-proof skillet and bake until done. I also, used coconut flour instead of all-purpose flour to lower the carbs. To make this a little more healthy I add brown rice.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
2 1/2 cup coconut flour (split into two bowls)
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 eggs
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
½ teaspoon Stevia Brown Sugar
½ teaspoon salt, divided
4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 cup frozen chopped onion, thawed
1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
1 ½ cups cooked brown rice
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
1 (15.8-ounce) can black-eyed peas, undrained
¼ cup sliced green onions
Directions
Preheat oven to 350º.
Set up three shallow bowls. Spread out the coconut flour in one and season it liberally with salt, black pepper paprika, and cayenne. Place the eggs in the second bowl, season them with salt and beat them lightly just to combine. Combine the coconut flour in the third bowl and season with Old Bay Seasoning, salt and black pepper.
Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Dip chicken in the first shallow bowl of coconut flour with cayenne. Next, dip it in the second bowl of eggs, and finally dip chicken in the third bowl of coconut flour and Old Bay Seasoning.
Add each piece of chicken to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side. If pan handle is plastic, wrap handle with foil to prevent it from melting. Place pan in oven. Bake at 350º for 6-8 minutes or until chicken is done. Cover and keep warm.
Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add frozen onion and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Stir in rice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, hot pepper sauce, and black-eyed peas; cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring frequently. Spoon about 3/4 cup rice mixture into each of 4 bowls; top each serving with 1 chicken breast half. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon green onions.
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